[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saalaym:
Please help me run ubuntu 13.10 large img. Much thanks

Hi everyone. I'm a newbie. This is my first ppost/comme.nt/not sure. I wasn't sure where to cliick to posst my quesstion so I just cliccked somewhere and deeleted the quotte and writing this. Still learning. Hoping to learn more from everyone here.

I'm on Motorola Moto X4 6gb edition,

Running Corvus OS 8.5 with kernel 4.4... along with magisk.

When I click on start linux all that happens is the terminal opens and shows this:

:/ $

:/ $ cd /sdcard/ubuntu

:/sdcard/ubuntu $ su

:/storage/emulated/0/ubuntu #

Nothing else happens.

However, if I manually type/paste this

sh /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh /storage/emulated/0/ubuntu/ubuntu.img

The output is

:/ $

:/ $ cd /sdcard/ubuntu

:/sdcard/ubuntu $ su

otscript.sh /storage/emulated/0/ubuntu/ubuntu.img <

Checking loop device... FOUND

losetup: /dev/block/loop255: No such device or address

Error: Unable to attach image to loop device! (Image = /storage/emulated/0/ubuntu/ubuntu.img)

1|:/storage/emulated/0/ubuntu #

(I download the large file of ubuntu 13.10 from within the app that opened sourceforg*) at first I had issues with 3.1 beta version of this app, something similar... So I uninstalled and installed old 2.8 something at present...

Here's what is included in this bootscript.sh file.

###########################################

# Linux boot script V8 for Android v4.3 #

# Built by Zachary Powell (zacthespack) #

# and Martin Møller (Tuxling) #

# Thanks to: #

# Johan Vromans #

# Marshall Levin #

# Vaykadji #

# and to everyone at XDA! #

# Feel free to edit/use this script as you#

# like but credit Linuxonandroid.org #

###########################################

# $ver: V8 #

###########################################

###########################################

# This is a function we use to stop the #

# script in case of errors #

###########################################

error_exit() {

echo "Error: $1"

exit 1

}

###########################################

# Set up variables #

###########################################

if [ -f /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files/busybox ]; then

export bbox=/data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files/busybox

elif [ -f /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid.opensource/files/busybox ]; then

export bbox=/data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid.opensource/files/busybox

else

export bbox=/system/xbin/busybox

fi

export usermounts=android	# Base folder all user mounts are done in, should be moved to app later

export imgfile=$(dirname $0)/ubuntu.img # Default image file, another can be set by using an argument

export bin=/system/bin

export mnt=/data/local/mnt

export USER=root

if [[ ! -d $mnt ]]; then mkdir $mnt; fi

export PATH=$bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/games:$PATH

export TERM=linux

export HOME=/root

###########################################

# Handle arguments if present #

###########################################

if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then

if [ -f $1 ]; then # Is full path present?

imgfile=$1

elif [ -f $(dirname $0)/$1 ]; then # Is only a filename present?

imgfile=$(dirname $0)/$1

else

error_exit "Image file not found!($1)"

fi

fi

###########################################

# If a md5 file is found we check it here #

###########################################

if [ -f $imgfile.md5 ]; then

echo "MD5 file found, use to check .img file? (y/n)"

read answer

if [ $answer == y ]; then

echo -n "Validating image checksum... "

$bbox md5sum -c -s $imgfile.md5

if [ $? -ne 0 ];then

echo "FAILED!"

error_exit "Checksum failed! The image is corrupted!"

else

echo "OK"

rm $imgfile.md5

fi

fi

fi

################################

# Find and read config file #

# or use defaults if not found #

################################

use_swap=no

cfgfile=$imgfile.config # Default config file if not specified

if [ -f $imgfile.config ]; then

source $imgfile.config

fi

###########################################

# Set Swap up if wanted #

# #

###########################################

if [ $use_swap == yes ]; then

if [ -f $imgfile.swap ]; then

echo "Swap file found, using file"

echo "Turning on swap (if it errors here you do not have swap support"

swapon $imgfile.swap

else

echo "Creating Swap file"

dd if=/dev/zero of=$imgfile.swap bs=1048576 count=1024

mkswap $imgfile.swap

echo "Turning on swap (if it errors here you do not have swap support"

swapon $imgfile.swap

fi

fi

###########################################

# Set up loop device and mount image #

###########################################

echo -n "Checking loop device... "

if [ -b /dev/block/loop255 ]; then

echo "FOUND"

else

echo "MISSING"

# Loop device not found so we create it and verify it was actually created

echo -n "Creating loop device... "

$bbox mknod /dev/block/loop255 b 7 255

if [ -b /dev/block/loop255 ]; then

echo "OK"

else

echo "FAILED"

error_exit "Unable to create loop device!"

fi

fi

$bbox losetup /dev/block/loop255 $imgfile

if [ $? -ne 0 ];then error_exit "Unable to attach image to loop device! (Image = $imgfile)"; fi

$bbox mount -t ext4 /dev/block/loop255 $mnt

if [ $? -ne 0 ];then error_exit "Unable to mount the loop device!"; fi

###########################################

# Mount all required partitions #

###########################################

$bbox mount -t devpts devpts $mnt/dev/pts

if [ $? -ne 0 ];then error_exit "Unable to mount $mnt/dev/pts!"; fi

$bbox mount -t proc proc $mnt/proc

if [ $? -ne 0 ];then error_exit "Unable to mount $mnt/proc!"; fi

$bbox mount -t sysfs sysfs $mnt/sys

if [ $? -ne 0 ];then error_exit "Unable to mount $mnt/sys!"; fi

$bbox mount -o bind /sdcard $mnt/sdcard

if [ $? -ne 0 ];then error_exit "Unable to bind $mnt/sdcard!"; fi

if [[ ! -d $mnt/root/cfg ]]; then mkdir $mnt/root/cfg; fi

$bbox mount -o bind $(dirname $imgfile) $mnt/root/cfg

$bbox mount -o bind /sys/fs/selinux $mnt/selinux

###########################################

# Checks if you have a external sdcard #

# and mounts it if you do #

###########################################

if [ -d /sdcard/external_sd ]; then

$bbox mount -o bind /sdcard/external_sd $mnt/external_sd

fi

if [ -d /Removable/MicroSD ]; then

$bbox mount -o bind /Removable/MicroSD $mnt/external_sd

fi

# This is for the HD version of the Archos 70 internet tablet, may be the same for the SD card edition but i dont know.

if [ -d /storage ]; then

$bbox mount -o bind /storage $mnt/external_sd

fi

###########################################

# Mount all user defined mounts if any #

###########################################

if [ -f $imgfile.mounts ]; then

olddir=$(pwd)

echo "Mounting user mounts"

cd $mnt

if [[ ! -d $mnt/$usermounts ]]; then $bbox mkdir -p $usermounts; fi

echo "# Script to unmount user defined mounts, do not delete or edit!" > $imgfile.shutdown

echo "cd $mnt/$usermounts" > $imgfile.shutdown

cd $mnt/$usermounts

for entry in $(cat "$imgfile.mounts"); do

ANDROID=${entry%;*}

LINUX=${entry#*;}

if [[ -d $ANDROID ]]; then

echo -n "Mounting $ANDROID to $usermounts/$LINUX... "

if [[ ! -d $mnt/$usermounts/$LINUX ]]; then $bbox mkdir -p $LINUX; fi

$bbox mount -o bind $ANDROID $mnt/$usermounts/$LINUX &> /dev/null

if [ $? -ne 0 ];then

echo FAIL

if [[ -d $mnt/$usermounts/$LINUX ]]; then $bbox rmdir -p $LINUX; fi

else

echo OK

echo "$bbox umount $mnt/$usermounts/$LINUX" >> $imgfile.shutdown

echo "$bbox rmdir -p $LINUX" >> $imgfile.shutdown

fi

else

echo "Android folder not found: $ANDROID"

fi

done

echo "cd $mnt" >> $imgfile.shutdown

echo "$bbox rmdir -p $usermounts" >> $imgfile.shutdown

cd $olddir

else

echo "No user defined mount points"

fi

###########################################

# Sets up network forwarding #

###########################################

$bbox sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

if [ $? -ne 0 ];then error_exit "Unable to forward network!"; fi

# If NOT $mnt/root/DONOTDELETE.txt exists we setup hosts and resolv.conf now

if [ ! -f $mnt/root/DONOTDELETE.txt ]; then

echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > $mnt/etc/resolv.conf

if [ $? -ne 0 ];then error_exit "Unable to write resolv.conf file!"; fi

echo "nameserver 8.8.4.4" >> $mnt/etc/resolv.conf

echo "127.0.0.1 localhost" > $mnt/etc/hosts

if [ $? -ne 0 ];then error_exit "Unable to write hosts file!"; fi

fi

###########################################

# Chroot into ubuntu #

###########################################

$bbox chroot $mnt /root/init.sh $(basename $imgfile)

###########################################

# Shut down ubuntu #

###########################################

echo "Shutting down Linux ARM"

#for pid in `lsof | grep $mnt | sed -e's/ / /g' | cut -d' ' -f2`; do kill -9 $pid >/dev/null 2>&1; done

for pid in `$bbox lsof | $bbox grep $mnt | $bbox sed -e's/ / /g' | $bbox cut -d' ' -f2`; do $bbox kill -9 $pid >/dev/null 2>&1; done

sleep 5

###########################################

# Unmount all user defined mounts if any #

###########################################

if [ -f $imgfile.shutdown ]; then

echo "Unmounting user defined mounts"

sh $imgfile.shutdown

rm $imgfile.shutdown

fi

$bbox umount $mnt/root/cfg

$bbox umount $mnt/sdcard

$bbox umount $mnt/external_sd

$bbox umount $mnt/dev/pts

$bbox umount $mnt/dev

$bbox umount $mnt/proc

$bbox umount $mnt/sys

$bbox umount $mnt/selinux

$bbox umount $mnt

$bbox losetup -d /dev/block/loop255 &> /dev/null

Please help me understand what is missing and fix it. Any attempt to helping me is heartedly appreciated. :)